Will superchiping my car make a noticable difference?
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Hi there, i have an 04 plate astra g 1.6 twinport sxi 3 door all irmscher'd up, it goes really well for a 1.6 but i just want it to have a bit more umph, my partner has a corsa c 1.8 SRI which has been superchipped and its a little flying machine. Will superchipping my astra make a noticable difference? its £300 to get it chipped so thought i would seek some advise. Cheers
Depends on the set up by the specialist.
One Turbo man in Birmingham permanently has a queue outside his garage. Never heard of one complaint, all work is at owners risk and very substantial gains every time.
The engine specialist I use regularly up the power of the Duratec and Zetec engines by between 35 and 55 bhp all tested on rolling roads before and after. Again at customers risk. Zero complaints.
Reliability can be affected: but yes, with the right specialist, there are very substantial gains to be had.
Choose your man carefully.
One Turbo man in Birmingham permanently has a queue outside his garage. Never heard of one complaint, all work is at owners risk and very substantial gains every time.
The engine specialist I use regularly up the power of the Duratec and Zetec engines by between 35 and 55 bhp all tested on rolling roads before and after. Again at customers risk. Zero complaints.
Reliability can be affected: but yes, with the right specialist, there are very substantial gains to be had.
Choose your man carefully.
Steffan said:
Depends on the set up by the specialist.
One Turbo man in Birmingham permanently has a queue outside his garage. Never heard of one complaint, all work is at owners risk and very substantial gains every time.
The engine specialist I use regularly up the power of the Duratec and Zetec engines by between 35 and 55 bhp all tested on rolling roads before and after. Again at customers risk. Zero complaints.
Reliability can be affected: but yes, with the right specialist, there are very substantial gains to be had.
Choose your man carefully.
35-55bhp from just a remap in a standard NA engine?! Sounds just a little optimistic...One Turbo man in Birmingham permanently has a queue outside his garage. Never heard of one complaint, all work is at owners risk and very substantial gains every time.
The engine specialist I use regularly up the power of the Duratec and Zetec engines by between 35 and 55 bhp all tested on rolling roads before and after. Again at customers risk. Zero complaints.
Reliability can be affected: but yes, with the right specialist, there are very substantial gains to be had.
Choose your man carefully.
I would like an SRI Turbo and could afford to run one but i dont have the heart to sell my astra as my uncle bought me it just before he suddenly died so its sentemental value to me really. If it cost like £200 to superchip it, id probs risk getting it done but £300 is a bit steep for a none turbo car.
mk4vf2011 said:
Hi there, i have an 04 plate astra g 1.6 twinport sxi 3 door all irmscher'd up, it goes really well for a 1.6 but i just want it to have a bit more umph, my partner has a corsa c 1.8 SRI which has been superchipped and its a little flying machine. Will superchipping my astra make a noticable difference? its £300 to get it chipped so thought i would seek some advise. Cheers
buy a better car.daemonoid said:
Looks like a couple of the replies have confused super chipping with supercharging!
An ecu remap will likely give you an extra 5-10% which will definitely be noticeable.
Maybe on a turbo car. On a NA car you would be lucky to get 5 to 10 bhp, and that's on something with decent power to begin with. An ecu remap will likely give you an extra 5-10% which will definitely be noticeable.
On a 1.6 Astra you are wasting your money. I spent 3 years trying to get more power out of base model small engined cars and the only thing that made any of them faster was a good service.
Sorry, but I hate to see people waste money the way I did.
clarkey328is said:
Maybe on a turbo car. On a NA car you would be lucky to get 5 to 10 bhp, and that's on something with decent power to begin with.
On a 1.6 Astra you are wasting your money. I spent 3 years trying to get more power out of base model small engined cars and the only thing that made any of them faster was a good service.
Sorry, but I hate to see people waste money the way I did.
Sure, it's not what I'd do either, but the OP wants to keep their car and have more power. Superchips quote a realistic 6bhp increase on the OPs Astra (6%) - an oil and filter change would likely manage the same if not done for a while.On a 1.6 Astra you are wasting your money. I spent 3 years trying to get more power out of base model small engined cars and the only thing that made any of them faster was a good service.
Sorry, but I hate to see people waste money the way I did.
Actual bhp gain more than likely won't be huge, but it'll more than likely improve the throttle response and make it rev a bit higher and freer. See if anywhere will do a demo temporary map for you or take you out in a similar car with it done to see if you think it's worth doing 
Dan
Dan
daemonoid said:
clarkey328is said:
Maybe on a turbo car. On a NA car you would be lucky to get 5 to 10 bhp, and that's on something with decent power to begin with.
On a 1.6 Astra you are wasting your money. I spent 3 years trying to get more power out of base model small engined cars and the only thing that made any of them faster was a good service.
Sorry, but I hate to see people waste money the way I did.
Sure, it's not what I'd do either, but the OP wants to keep their car and have more power. Superchips quote a realistic 6bhp increase on the OPs Astra (6%) - an oil and filter change would likely manage the same if not done for a while.On a 1.6 Astra you are wasting your money. I spent 3 years trying to get more power out of base model small engined cars and the only thing that made any of them faster was a good service.
Sorry, but I hate to see people waste money the way I did.
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